a Sassanid prince and ruler of Estakhr in Fars (Persia)
the Ottoman commander who was named viceroy of egypt established the Mamluk dynasty that would rule egypt until the egyptian Revolution of 1952
Frances tenuous conquest of Tunisia and Algeria in 1830 finally ended the threat of the Barbary Corsairs
An impressive first edition 1938 pictorial map of the city of Philadelphia illustrating that city's historic volunteer fire departments
Depicts the south part of the Austrian Empire including Dalmatia
Historic Map : Mitchell Map of Virginia and West Virginia, 1849, Vintage Wall Art Size:20in x 16in a Sassanid prince and rulerThis is a lovely 1849 map of Virginia, including West Virginia, by the legendary American map publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell. This hand colored lithographic map predates the 1862 separation of Virginia and West Virginia, and so contains both modern states in full as well as parts of adjacent Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, and North Carolina. A list in the map's lowers left quadrant shows various steamboat routes, along with mileage. The Chesapeake Bay